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Live & Loud: Alternative nights out in Preston this February

1st, February 2012 by Kerrie Carlisle

Hello boys and girls. I want to say Happy New Year but I think I’m a little late. Now everyone has a few pennies and has recovered from the most drunken two weeks of the year it’s time to get back in to the swing of things. First of all a bit of promotion for a good cause, some lovely people of the Adelphi (the [...]

Opinion: Labour budget is built on non-commitment

26th, January 2012 by Bill Shannon

Tax and spend, tax and spend, borrow your way out of trouble and don’t worry about tomorrow, that will be someone else’s problem. Yes, folks, Labour’s back in power in Preston. All over England, local authorities are tightening their belts and deciding it would be totally unacceptable in the present economic climate to increase Council Tax. Not here in Preston, though, where Labour are slamming [...]

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Opinion: This is a Preston council budget aimed at promoting fairness in our city

25th, January 2012 by Martyn Rawlinson

You don’t need me to tell you again just how much government grant Preston City Council has lost since the coalition took control in Westminster – almost half – from £19 million to £11 million. So many people are in the same situation however, that I can understand it when people say ‘get on with it, just cut some of those cushy council jobs and [...]

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Comment: 2012 represents the chance to show what Preston is made of

22nd, December 2011 by Ed Walker

The next 12 months will be momentous and historic for the city of Preston, and this post is designed as a blatant rallying cry. The city, and its people, we, have a chance to shine as the eyes of the world will be on us as we take part in one of the longest running Lancashire traditions – the Preston Guild. Forget the Olympics, this [...]

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Live & Loud: Alternative nights out in Preston this December

2nd, December 2011 by Kerrie Carlisle

“Do they know its Christmas time at all?” Well I do. Not wanting to sound like the grinch but we are in the first week of December and the Christmas lights are on in town, so it’s time to stop going out and start purchasing pesky gifts or you can just carry on and say they are all in the post because you will be a fool to miss the goodies [...]

Opinion: What should happen to the old Post Office?

11th, November 2011 by Peter Rankin

The former post office building situated right in the heart of the city is a beautiful, iconic building and is extremely important to the people of Preston. Forming, as it does, one side of the civic square of the city, our wonderful Flag Market, it is grade II listed and is crying out for a heritage restoration project to bring it back into use. This [...]

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Opinion: Are local councils just going to ignore Lancashire’s regional housing plan?

7th, November 2011 by Michael Wellock

Town planning found itself in the unusual position of making the headlines over the summer. Especially, if you were a Daily Telegraph reader and following their Hands off our Land Campaign. The to-do was courtesy of the Government’s publication of the highly controversial National Planning Policy Framework. Personally, I always felt this was a bit of a sideshow. Real planning controversy only starts when you [...]

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Live & Loud: Alternative nights out in Preston this November

5th, November 2011 by Kerrie Carlisle

Right boys and girls of Preston, I’m here to give you a quick and simple guide to a few things happening in the next few weeks around the city for people who prefer loud or live noises. Let’s start with this month… Well it’s now Movember so expect the male gender of Preston to be looking similar to Freddy Mercury, all for a good cause [...]

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Ribble Valley MP brands idea to move Fishwick out of Preston as a “glaring anomaly”

24th, October 2011 by Joseph Stashko

The proposition to move Fishwick out of the Preston constituency and into the Ribble Valley is a “glaring anomaly”, according to Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. Speaking at today’s Boundary Commission public hearing at the Tickled Trout hotel, Evans agreed with Labour’s Mark Hendrick that making Fishwick part of the Ribble Valley would be an ill-advised move. “It would be the only ward of Preston [...]

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Opinion: The city of Preston could be divided into two halves, say Lib Dems

24th, October 2011 by Liam Pennington

This is a guest post by Liam Pennington, on behalf of the North West Liberal Democrats. At the beginning of September, the Boundary Commission for England published its proposals to reduce the number of parliamentary seats in Lancashire from 16 to fourteen. As we have seen, the proposal for Preston has caused all sorts of reactions, mostly negative, and across the party divide there is [...]